11 April 2011

CEO of Zon Multimedia Gives a Lecture at CMU about "Innovate, Compete, Motivate"

Date: April 19, 2011 [4:30 – 5:30 p.m.]
Place: Singleton Room, 4th Floor, Roberts Engineering Hall, Carnegie Mellon University

On April 19, 2011, Rodrigo Costa, CEO of ZON Multimedia, will present his keynote at the Engineering Leadership Speaker Series - Innovate, Compete, Motivate. ZON is the largest Triple Play operator (TV, Broadband Internet and Fixed Telephony) in Portugal. This company has placed Portugal at the forefront of innovation with the launch of its 360 Mbps and 1 Gpbs ZON Fibra bundles, speeds which are unparalleled in Europe. A lively panel discussion with Rodrigo Costa, Pedro Ferreira, Assistant Research Professor of Economics of IT at the Heinz College and the Engineering and Public Policy Department at Carnegie Mellon University and an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal, and Rahul Telang, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, will be moderated by Pradeep Khosla, Dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Please also join us for a reception in the Roberts Hall Atrium immediately following the keynote and panel discussion.

For more information or to RSVP, please go to http://www.cit.cmu.edu/alumni/leadership_series/04_19_2011/index.html. Space is limited, so please RSVP by April 13th.

The purpose of the Engineering Leadership Speaker Series is to raise the visibility of key issues through bringing industry leaders and government officials to campus for a distinguished talk and conversation with students, faculty, alumni, and community leaders.

Third Annual Welcome Reception for Graduates of the Novabase Academy

Date: Monday, April 11, 2011
Location: Singleton Room, Roberts Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Novabase Guest Include:
Luís Lobo, Executive Director
Sandra Botelho Simões, Graduate
Ana Amorim Duarte, Graduate
Telmo da Rocha Pereira, Graduate
Andreas Dieter Mendes Seufert, Graduate
Ricardo António Nunes Gorrão, Graduate
Paulo Alexandre Mareco de Sousa, Graduate

The purpose of their visit is to expose and explore Carnegie Mellon's cutting edge research and technologies and to engage in the ICTI Master's programs.